Playing At Olympics Remains My Greatest Ambition, Says Oshoala

• Dallaji/ Asisat Football Tourney Begins In Lagos

SUPER Falcons captain, Asisat Oshoala is unhappy over the team’s failure to book a ticket to the female football event of the fast approaching Tokyo Olympics.

Nigeria was beaten by a relatively unknown Senegalese women’s team, who forced the star- studded Super Falcons to 1- 1 draw in Lagos after the first leg of their qualifiers in Dakar ended 00.

Oshoala told journalist at Eko Hotel, Lagos, yesterday ahead the 1st edition of

Noah Dallaji/ Asisat Oshoala Para- Soccer Championship and Girls’ Football Tourney, that the absence of the Super Falcons at the Tokyo Olympics prevented her from achieving the only fulfillment left in her soccer career after playing at the World Cup, African Nations

Cup, and featuring for top leagues in the world, winning series of awards in soccer including the women champions league with FC Barcelona Ladies team.

The competition, which kicked off yesterday at the Legacy pitch National stadium Surulere, Lagos will end on Monday.

The FC Barcelona of Spain forward, however stated that at the age of 26, she still has the potentials to work hard with the Super Falcons to book the ticket for the next Olympics Games.

Oshoala added that her quest to continue motivating the female gender and youths in the country to attain success in sports, propelled her to collaborate with Noah Dallaji and President Children Talents Discovering Foundation to also give the physically challenged football players the opportunity to horn their skills and also render support to wheelchair players to enable them carry out their day to day activities.

“I decided to reach out to Dallaji who have been in the forefront of assisting youths in sports development.